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Originally Posted by Spyder73
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This guy writes fanfic and gets 100% praise, I write fanfic and get trolled into oblivon.
#Mad
#WuTang
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Originally Posted by maskedmelon
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Yeah, it is interesting. I've taken it as a learning opportunity (to figure out why this resonates so heavily with people). I think it is because it is short and to the point and punctuated with pictures. Pretty much anyone can appreciate the silliness and nobody feels threatened by it. The character, while confident and prideful is wildly self deprecating, but unaware and successful. People appreciate that, because in some small way it speaks to sincere fears (failure) and desires (success) everyone has and their able to smile at the suggestion of hope regardless of its fictitious nature. I'm not sure tbh though. Going to think on it more. ^^ IIRC people did respond favorably to a lot of your older stuff (~ 。^)b Props to Ivory though on writing something the people here enjoy.
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for both of you, your stuff was well written enough, but it was about topics that didn't resonate with anyone. it was full of in-jokes and nasty sideswipes. nobody cared about someone's quest for an RL band name for their character, or their injokey exploits with their three friends. parodying that same band name quest that nobody liked is a fast ticket to nowhere.
ivory's stuff is friendly, cheerful, and most importantly, puts game events in an amusing context that is the best part about playing a sandbox game: writing your own stories. everyone can understand it and it's hilarious. this is the kind of thing that inspires people to play everquest. random people he meets even make it into the storyline! you want to write something that resonates on forums about classic everquest, that's your key.
kudos to you ivory, your ranger stories were awesome and this is even better. =)